Our Mission

Our mission is to raise awareness about the disease of addiction. Through educating communities, assisting families in their quest for information and supporting those in recovery, atTAcK addiction seeks to remove the stigma of addiction by effecting positive change in Delaware.

atTAcK addiction is a 501(c)(3) non-profit group created in memory of Tyler Armstrong Keister after his accidental overdose. Our goal is to help young people realize the dangers of alcohol and drugs so that they and their families never have to experience the pain, tragedy and loneliness that accompany addiction.

The main purpose of the group is to educate and bring awareness of addiction as a disease, rather than the stigma that is suffered in shame by the person with the disease and their loved ones. Attack Addiction seeks to educate by speaking at schools, prisons and any other venues where there is an interest in learning more about the disease of addiction. We strive to bring real and effective change to existing drug policy, We are not a support group, but we end up supporting those in recovery, those who have a loved one in recovery or those who have lost a loved one to the disease.

Our focus is Delaware and we are all volunteers - atTAcK addiction has no paid employees

We focus our efforts on the following strategic pillars….. Together we have been able to accomplish so much!

E-racing the Stigma 5K participation grew from 900 participants in 2014 to over 2400 participants in 2017

Governor Jack Markell

“I’d like to tell you that as Governor, everybody in the General Assembly, everybody in the administration would say the real credit for the laws that we have passed and the additional funding that we have put in over the last few years is really a result of the advocacy of atTAcK addiction. Thank you so much.” – Governor Jack Markell, July 2016